Meng Yan's Transformation

"Hello, passengers! The next stop is Jinzhou Station. Passengers who are getting off the train, please pack your luggage in advance and be ready to get off. Get off from the door where the train is moving. The train will stop for five minutes at the station. I wish you a pleasant journey." A mezzo-soprano voice reminded on the train's broadcast.

The little boy's father helped Zhan Yingying carry the full snakeskin bag to the train. He repeatedly reminded Zhan Yingying to be careful on the road, not to trust strangers, etc., and to pay attention to safety issues. Then he hurried back to the carriage. The little boy in the carriage was crying and hitting the window glass, crying: "Sister... Sister..."

Zhan Yingying dragged the snakeskin bag forward as the crowd got off the bus.

"You are so young, how can you carry such a full bag by yourself? Uncle can help you get to the exit platform?" A middle-aged man saw Zhan Yingying struggling to drag the snakeskin bag and offered to help. His wife, who was beside him, reached out and took the suitcase from her husband. "Go and help this little girl!" the middle-aged man's wife urged.

"Thank you! Uncle! Thank you auntie! Thank you for your hard work, uncle!" Zhan Yingying bowed and nodded politely to the middle-aged man to express her gratitude.

"You're welcome. What's your name, little girl? Let's leave the platform together. Why are you alone? Where are your father and mother?" the middle-aged man said as he picked up the snakeskin bag.

"My name is Yingying, and my father is waiting for me at the station exit!" Zhan Yingying replied.

Zhan Yingying remembered the little boy's father's advice and didn't dare to tell the truth for fear of encountering bad people. They knew she was alone and would be easily bullied.

"Uncle, thank you very much. I'm sorry for your trouble. Please put the snakeskin bag on the ground! I'll wait here for my dad to pick me up!" Zhan Yingying said to the middle-aged man as they walked out of the train station exit with the middle-aged couple.

The middle-aged man put down the snakeskin bag.

"Little girl, your father should have come to the exit in advance. Why did he let a child as young as you wait for him?" the middle-aged man said in a reproachful manner.

"Zhiqiang, our car is about to arrive, we have to leave quickly!" The middle-aged man's wife urged him to hurry up.

"Little girl, have you agreed on the time and place with your father?" the middle-aged man asked worriedly.

"I have made an appointment with my father, he will definitely come to pick me up. Maybe something happened on the way and delayed him. Uncle, you and aunt should hurry up and catch the bus! Don't worry about me!" Zhan Yingying also urged the middle-aged man to hurry up.

"Little girl, you must wait for your father to pick you up! Don't go out with strangers! If your father doesn't come, ask the police to take you home. Don't walk around randomly!" The middle-aged man warned Zhan Yingying worriedly.

"How can these parents let such a young child go out alone? Oh! Really..." The middle-aged man muttered to himself as he took the suitcase from his wife and hurriedly ran to the bus stop.

Zhan Yingying looked confused and at a loss as she stood near the train exit.

"How far is Jinzhou Breeding Animal Farm from Jinzhou Railway Station? If it's far, I have to take public bus..." Zhan Yingying thought.

"Little girl, where are you going? Can I take you there?" a middle-aged woman came over and asked.

"Thank you, Auntie. No need to trouble you. I will wait for my dad to pick me up and then go to the bus station to take the bus home!" Zhan Yingying replied.

"I see you've been waiting here for a long time. Your father may have something to do and can't come to pick you up today. Let your aunt take you to the bus stop and take the bus home!" said the middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman did not allow any explanation and stepped forward to "help" Zhan Yingying carry the snakeskin bag. Zhan Yingying hurriedly pulled it down with force, and the two began to argue.

"What are you doing? Who is this woman Yingying?" asked the middle-aged man who had just helped Zhan Yingying carry the snakeskin bag out of the train station exit.

"Auntie, look, my father is here to pick me up. Auntie, please put down my bag!" Zhan Yingying said quickly.

The middle-aged woman heard Zhan Yingying calling the tall and burly man in front of her "Dad". She could only say angrily: "Brother, I saw that the little girl was struggling to carry this full bag, and I wanted to help her, but she was 'a dog biting Lu Dongbin who didn't know a good man' and started arguing with me! Look at what happened..."

"Thank you, elder sister, for helping my daughter carry the bag! Yingying, go to the bus station with 'Dad' to take the bus home. Your mother is getting anxious waiting for you. 'Dad' shouldn't have left you here alone to look at things..." The middle-aged man didn't even turn his head or pay attention to the middle-aged woman. He picked up the snakeskin bag and walked towards the bus station with Zhan Yingying in one hand...

"The train station is crowded with people of all kinds. I heard that human trafficking criminal gangs often hang out here. It's too dangerous for a little girl like you to stay alone. Let's go!" The middle-aged man warned Zhan Yingying as he walked.

Zhan Yingying raised her head and looked at the middle-aged man with suspicion.

"Yingying, don't be afraid. Your uncle is not a bad man. My name is Fang Zhiqiang, and you are a worker at Anshan Iron and Steel Plant. My wife and I went to Jinzhou Jincheng Paper Mill Hospital to visit my seriously ill father. We missed the bus just now and have to take the next bus. Your aunt and I are worried about you. We were afraid that your father would not come to pick you up, and it would not be safe for you to be alone at the train station, so I came back to find you. Yingying, did your father break the promise and not come to pick you up? Can you tell me your home address? I will buy you a ticket and send you on the bus. I will go to Jincheng Paper Mill again..." Fang Zhiqiang talked to Zhan Yingying gently as they walked.

"Uncle, I know you are a good person, and I misunderstood you. My father is a doctor, and he is too busy to pick me up. He asked me to go home by myself. I want to go to Jinzhou Breeding Animal Farm..." Zhan Yingying said guiltily.

"That's great. We'll take the same bus, but we'll get off first and you'll get off later," Fang Zhiqiang said.

Fang Zhiqiang took Zhan Yingying to the bus station to meet his wife.

Fang Zhiqiang explained Zhan Yingying's situation to his wife.

"What a smart and sensible child. Our Xiaoyue was also this age. Every day she just acted coquettishly and cutely with her grandma and asked for delicious food..." Fang Zhiqiang's wife stroked Zhan Yingying's head with pity.

The three of them set off on the same bus.

"Uncle Fang, I'm so sleepy and want to take a nap. Can you wake me up when you arrive at the station?" Zhan Yingying said.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep. Look at your eyes. You must have not slept well. They are all red and bloodshot..." Fang Zhiqiang's wife said with concern.

Zhan Yingying curled up in a corner of the seat, and soon fell into a deep sleep...

Fang Zhiqiang explained Zhan Yingying's situation to the bus driver, hoping that she could sleep a little longer and wake her up at Jinzhou Breeding Stock Forestry Factory Station...